Season’s Greetings

I was totally inspired by Greta’s Pinkfresh Studio’s Folk Snowflake and when I saw the 52 Christmas Throwdown Challenge calling for Foiling or Heat Embossing I knew it was time for me to CASE Greta’s card. The card also works for the Pinkfresh Studio July Challenge: Anything Goes which I’m always happy to enter. 

I embossed the snowflake in silver and used three Pinkfresh Studio Inks, Slumber, Blue Jay, and Sapphire to color it. Next, I cut one of Pinkfresh’s Nested Blanket Stitched Hexagons from silver shimmer cardstock. Before adding the snowflake, I die cut a snowflake from a foam sheet for dimension. I forget about using foam, but it worked well here. I tried the panel on a variety of card bases, but liked light blue best. I silver embossed a greeting on the bottom from Reverse Confetti’s Christmas Card Greetings. I gave thought to using a slightly larger sentiment on top of the snowflake, but I couldn’t bring myself to cover up any of it.

Before adding the snowflake to the card, I die cut another snowflake from a sheet of white foam. I don’t know why I forget about this. It’s so much easier (and sturdier) than applying a lot of dimensional tape. The final touch was adding a bit more sparkle with a few of Pinkfresh Studio’s Jewels in a beautiful blue. 

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